# Who Should Play YOU In The Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908 "2003-04-24T18:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/21 "2003-04-24T21:51:42Z")
A friend of my sisters said I look like Kate Winslet but I’m not blonde (red/brunette)… Not sure I see the resembalance but others have agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/22 "2003-04-24T22:12:27Z")
I’d have to be CGI. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/23 "2003-04-24T22:21:35Z")
I suppose I’d pick Paul Walker. [This](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=granitz&group=1442&photo=Events/1442/PaulWalker_Grani_484324_400.jpg&path=pgallery&path_key=Walker,%20Paul%20(I)) image resembles me more than anything. He doesn’t really resemble me personality wise but he’s an actor, he’ll have to act I guess - it is his job after all. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/24 "2003-04-24T22:37:01Z")
Let’s see: I’m a tall, leggy Irish redhead with green eyes. I guess Bruno Kirby would be a good bet:D (I’m sure he’d appreciate the challenge at least!) My boyfriend looks so much like Alan Rickman that he’s even been asked to sign autographs, even though he’s about 15 years Rickman’s junior. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/25 "2003-04-24T22:39:29Z")
A young Meryl Streep. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/26 "2003-04-24T22:51:49Z")
They tell me John Rhys-Davies, more as Sallah than Gimli, looks-wise, but with a much better voice. As for personality, I’m not sure. So often we see characters, not actors themselves. I’d love to say I’m more like Bruce Campbell, personality-wise, but then again, wouldn’t we all? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/27 "2003-04-24T23:42:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dinahmoe \* > \*\*Let’s see: I’m a tall, leggy Irish redhead with green eyes. I guess Bruno Kirby would be a good bet:D (I’m sure he’d appreciate the challenge at least!) > > My boyfriend looks so much like Alan Rickman that he’s even been asked to sign autographs, even though he’s about 15 years Rickman’s junior. \*\* _wolf whistle!_ How about a young Maureen O’Hara? And, I love Alan Rickman; he’s _such_ a good actor. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/28 "2003-04-25T00:15:18Z")
About 20 years ago, I got Deborah Winger a bunch of times – she makes my teeth hurt, though. About five years a friend of mine who was casting the story of _his_ life told me he’d decided on Sigourney Weaver to play me. Of course, since then I quit smoking and gained some weight. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/29 "2003-04-25T00:36:52Z")
Helen Hunt. Squinty and sarcastic. Me in a nutshell. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/30 "2003-04-25T00:46:45Z")
Lucy Lawless, but she may not be tall enough … ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/31 "2003-04-25T01:03:16Z")
I have at various times been compared to: 1. Dan Ackroyd 2. Lance Henriksen 3. Peter Macnicol 4. Jim Carrey (!) 5. The weedy guy from _New Kids on the Block_(![sup]2[/sup]) Please note that these persons look _absolutely nothing like each other._ So I’m guessing that the common denominator is “twitchy/creepy/annoying.” Given a choice, I guess I’d go with Henriksen–having acted in both **House of Blood** and **Pirahna II** , he’s obviously some sort of kindred spirit (in that he probably also says to himself, “What the hell happened?”)… But I kid Lance Henriksen. Damn good actor, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/32 "2003-04-25T01:38:04Z")
Nicholas Brendon… make his hair longer and throw 50 pounds on him. ---
**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/33 "2003-04-25T02:00:25Z")
Sheesh, so many people picking supposed look-alikes. I picked Drew Barrymore, but we look nothing alike! I only wish I looked like her. What about the actor/actress’s talent? Would they be able to pull off the subtle (or not-so-subtle) mannerisms that make you YOU? I’m not the OP, but I’m still interested 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Prisoner\_24601](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Prisoner\_24601](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prisoner_24601)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/34 "2003-04-25T02:22:46Z")
Nicholas Brendan, or Angus Scrimm ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/35 "2003-04-25T02:43:44Z")
Bill Pullman. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/36 "2003-04-25T02:50:27Z")
Nicholas Cage. Mostly for that look in Raizing Arizona when everyboday was shooting at him and he just kept running. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/37 "2003-04-25T03:55:18Z")
George Clooney - a younger Clooney, though. Same height, build, hair, and I’m a bachelor 😉 But I’m a bit more hairy, though. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/38 "2003-04-25T04:45:53Z")
Philip Seymour Hoffman, I think. The only actors I know of that can pull off my type of personality would be him or Edward Norton… and PSH looks more like me (similar build, I think). Either that, or I’d be played by a muppet… Gonzo, to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/39 "2003-04-25T05:39:59Z")
In my younger days I’ve been compared to: 1. Tom Cruise 2. Rob Lowe 3. Andrew McCarthy (I think I got the name right - the guy from Mannequin and Weekend at Bernie’s) 4. Elvis Presley Of those three, I’d have to say I resembled Andrew McCarthy the closest. He could still play me, I guess, but he’d have to put on some weight (and not the good muscular kind either). ---
**Author:** ![Lipid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Lipid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lipid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908/40 "2003-04-25T06:05:51Z")
Ethan Suplee, aka “Tuna” on Blow, “Franky” on Boy meets world, I think he’s in Mallrats too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-you-in-the-movie/170908.md?page=3)